In his high school years, Earl always tormented what he called the Nerdy Three Amigos. Now that Karma sent him a sign, he had to make it up to them. How you might ask? By becoming one of them, and joining the nerd convention.

You see
back in high school Randy and I would always play some mean tricks on
them because they were the easiest targets and boy, we had the time of our lives.

We did
little things like fill our lunch bags with dog terd and swap it for
theirs, steal a paint gun and shoot their new clothes, locking
them in a room and throwing stink bombs inside.

Gave them Galactic
Wedgies, used them as moving targets with my spud gun and this one
time whilst Jake was asleep, I shaved his head and he was soon
branded the monk of the school because he was half Chinese. It was
only Randy who thought that he looked like that little monkey from
E.T. when he tilted his head back, so he always sat behind him and
laughed like crazy.

I
didn't know how they put up with that and I was thinking that one
day they would gather an army… and it would become the attack of
the nerds, but it never came.

What I
did was horrible and felt bad for them now and felt even worse when I
pulled off the last prank.

They were standing in the park naming all
the different spices of trees, bugs, birds and flowers there were. It
was like another field trip to them and I wanted to wipe the smiles
off their faces.

I was
watching them from afar, when they walked underneath a tree where I
had noticed a bee hive above them. Anyway, keeping my distance I
managed to knock the bee hive down and the bees scattered everywhere
and some started to attack them.

Michelle
had to brake off one of the metal bars from her neck brace and tried
to whack them away but it didn't help. The bees had chased them all
the way to the river and there they faced another problem. They
couldn't swim. They hung onto something tightly for their dear
lives and in the end they were saved by the emergency services.

It
turns out that the water only went to their waist.

It was
all over the news and the next day when they came to school with red
spots everywhere, looking like something out of this world.

The
Nerdy Three Amigos were officially branded the Top Losers of Nerds.
They were never accepted and this time it wasn't only Randy and I
picking on them, it was the entire school.

Earl bent
down to Jake's and Tom's level and grabbed their shoulders firmly, shaking them like
crazy till they woke up however, it didn't seem to work. He then took
off his shoes and grabbed his stinky socks and waved it in front of
their noses but still to no avail.

He let out
a frustrated sigh and noticed that Zaren was still poking them with
the life sabre. "Dammit Zaren, stop it" he said slightly annoyed,
however Zaren didn't hear him and continued to be transfixed in
poking his bosses.

"I said
stop it!" Earl snapped, angrily grabbing the sabre off the boy and
throwing it on the other side of the room, where it broke.

"H-Hey
that wasn't very n-nice" he stuttered and ran as fast as he could
to his broken toy.

Earl
instantly realized what he had done and felt bad. "I'm sorry"
he yelled looking at Zaren's retreating figure. "I'll buy you a
new one".

He then
turned his attention to the two bodies on the floor and shook his
head. He was out of ideas and he didn't know what else to do so he decided to take them to a near by stall so
they wouldn't get trampled on.

He looked around from his brother to try and get him to find Michelle.
"Randy" he yelled looking around in different directions but no
signs of his brother.

"Randy!"
he yelled louder.

"What is
it Earl?" Randy asked as he jumped up and down, making his moves on the Dance mat.

Earl
turned around and found Randy playing the Dance Factory on
Playstation. Intrigued, Earl walked up to him.

"What's
that?" Earl asked and was immediately hypnotized by the flashing
colorful backgrounds. Randy had noticed too and gaped at it, both of
them tilting their head to one side.

"I don't know, all i know is that your're
supposed to step on the arrows it says on the tv screen, on this mat"
he pointed down "but I'm too slow, so I made my own moves" he
said , his mouth still open.

They stood there for many minutes until Earl
snapped out of it and remembered why he had came here. "Listen Randy, I
need you to go around and find Michelle Thompson"

Randy
didn't look at him. "Do I have to? The colors are making me
happy"

"Randy, you can stare at it all you want later, this is important" Earl snapped as he faced his
brother.

Randy
slouched down and looked away from the television screen. "Alright"
he said dejectedly and started to walk away, when a soft female voice
interrupted.

"Well
you found me, How can I help you?" Michelle asked as she smiled and
showed her pearly whites towards Randy and then over to Earl's
direction, who was in a dreamy state.

"Michelle
Thompson?" he asked in surprised at how much she had changed. Her
body had all the right curves, her alluring emerald eyes were
brighter and shinier and her auburn hair was more wavy and longer
than she always had it in high school. The only thing that remained the same
was her radiating smile.

"Earl
Hickey?" she also asked in shock and walked closer to him, wanting
to get a good look at his face. Each step she took made Earl slightly nervous.

He felt
the butterflies fluttering in his stomach and he gulped at her closeness.
"I see that you finally took your neck brace off" he said
nervously, pointing to her neck, his voice slightly high pitched.

Michelle
couldn't help but giggle. "Yeh, I got it taken off after high
school when my dad left for Spain" she replied.

Earl
couldn't help but admire and stare at how beautiful she had grown
over the years. He had loved her back in high school and they were
here now face to face. A couple of minutes of comfortable silence had
passed whilst they stared at each other, when all of a sudden a potato had hit Earl, smack bang on the
back of the head.

Earl
picked up the potato and examined it.

I bet
your probably asking What's with the Potato? And, How could the
cool Earl Hickey love a nerd? Well the truth is that Michelle
Thompson wasn't really a nerd. She was just an average girl, who
had a very over protective family.

I was
sitting on a bench one time eating frosty flakes with Randy all of a
sudden; Michelle had walked by gracefully without her neck brace. It
was then that I had realized just how beautiful she really was.

She
noticed us staring and came and sat down beside me and told me never
to tell anyone. She then told me the real reason why.

The
only boys that she was allowed to hang around were the geeks. If she
were to get caught with a guy, they would have to answer to her
violent grandpa.

This is
where the potato comes in.

Since
he was in a wheel chair, he couldn't run and chase the guys away
with his cane. The only thing he could do was throw vegetables at
them. I don't know how many times I got hit with a potato but it
was worth it seeing her everyday, even if it was in secret. Laughing, smiling and telling me
little jokes and stories. I had some of the best days of my life.

Then
tragedy struck.

Her
grandpa had run out of potatoes and went to throwing broccoli. That
was when I knew I had to stop seeing Michelle.

I was
allergic to broccoli and I had a really bad reaction with them so I
didn't take my chance. I kept my distance and pretended to hate
her, even if it really hurt.

Eventually
she stopped taking off her neck brace and just accepted to be a nerd
for all her high school years.

It was
an impossible love anyway. Popular and geek don't mix. I had to
keep my reputation.

Earl
looked to the direction the potato had come from and there he saw
Michelle's grandpa looking very angrily at him with another potato
in his hand.

"Get
away from her" he yelled and threw the hard vegetable at him.

"I'm
sorry" Earl said, ducking for cover as he grabbed another potato.

"Now" his voice came more dangerous.

"Grandpa!"
Michelle interrupted, grabbing a hold of Earl's hand and taking him
away to a safer place on the other side of the room.

Her
grandpa cursed underneath his breath and then turned his attention to Randy. He gave him a evil glare.

Randy
looked back at him, and shuddered underneath his gaze. He cowardly
he lifted his hands up in the air as a sign of defeat and walked away
to find Master Splinter.

"I'm
really sorry about that" she apologized and looked at the red mark
on his head.

"Don't
worry about it" he said and then gazed into her emerald eyes, his
breath feeling shortened at her touch.

He quickly
manoeuvred his way out of her grasp before he forgot how to breathe
and told her the real reason as to why he was here now. He showed her
the list and the unconscious Jake and Tom.

She looked at him unbelievingly at first and then gave
him a Michelle Thompson smile.

"So your
really trying to change?" she asked him.

"Yup,
all so I can live a better life" he replied, "So can I help?"

Michelle
nodded. "Off course you can" she beamed and linked her arms with his, glad to finally be able to see
the good side of Earl…the man who she had a crush on since forever.

…

Randy was
still fascinated at the fantasy world that he was in. He had finally
found Master Splinter and he was surrounded by the four Ninja Turtles
and the girl Ninja Turtle he forgot the name of. He saw them
standing, preparing for their acts and the first thing that came to
his mind was to tackle them.

Sneakily
he walked behind them and pounced like a cat to its prey, managing to
knock all five over and in the process hitting his head on the wooden
furnished floor.

It took a
while for him to come to his senses however; the hit to his head gave
him an idea. He stood up gave a big smile and stared at the Ninja
Turtles who were having difficulty getting off their backs because of
their shells and standing up.

He nodded
his head, thinking that the plan could work.

Author's
notes: I'm really sorry that it took so long to update and
promise I wont take as long next time. I hoped you liked it. Joy and Darnell will make their appearance at the next
chapter. What does Randy have planned? Well your just going have to
stay in tune.

Thank you
for your reviews

Always
Chikka

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